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HOLLY, William Ivor

Service Number:	WX12024
Enlisted:	29 April 1941
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/2nd Independent Company / Cavalry Commando Squadron
Born:	Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia, 1 January 1920
Home Town:	Cottesloe, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 27 August 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot F. Row B. Grave 1. Personal Inscription ~ "HE DIED AS HE LIVED, A MAN"
Memorials:	Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle No 2 Aust. Ind. Coy. 2/2 Aust. CDO Squdn Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lance Corporal, WX12024
29 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, WX12024
11 Jul 1941:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, 2nd/2nd Independent Company / Cavalry Commando Squadron
Date unknown:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 23 and the son of Abiah and Mary Ann Holly, of Cottesloe, Western Australia.